# Amputations at Case Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023021835` · 2/27/2023 · TOMAHAWK, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Case Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** N10905 N Pickerel Creek Road, TOMAHAWK, WISCONSIN, 54487
- **NAICS:** 423830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing a grader ripper to be removed from the shop. As the employee pulled a pin to change the angle on the grader ripper, their finger struck a nearby chain, resulting in partial amputation of the right index finger.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*